?g? akw?kw? nd? China gbadoro ?kw? na mbara igwe ?d?nala nd? China na kalenda nd? China .  ?g? akw?kw? nd? China tolitere n'oge usoro eze Han (nar? af? nke ab?? BC ruo ?t?t? af? nke AD).

                    ≪?g? nd? China nwewere chiri anya na nka ihe ndi China (ozizi nke ewep? ad?: , ?wa, na mmad? ), ma na-eji ebu nke yin na yang, wuxing (ikiri ise), Stems iri nke ise, alaka  iri na ab?? nke nk?, na kalenda lunisolar ( kalenda ?nwa na kalenda, na-ag? oge mgbe af?, ?b?ch?, ?b?ch?, na shichen (時辰</link> , awa ab??).  Ach?tagh? echiche nd? a ngwa ngwa ma ? b? mara nke ?ma na ?g? akw?kw? ma ? b? omenala Western.

. Ak?wa . ?g? akw?kw? nd? China n'oge usoro nd? eze Zhou (1046?256 BC) wee tolite n'oge usoro eze Han (nar? af? nke ab?? BC ruo na ike afu nke ab?? AD).  N'ime oge Han, a na-akpata ihe nd? a mara nke ?ma nke omenala nd? China - nka ihe mm?ta yin-yang, echiche na nka na ?zing ihe ise ( Wuxing ), echiche nke nd? na ?wa, na Taoist, Buddha  na usoro omume Confucian - hazie nka ihe nke ?ma nke nka mm?ta Chinese na nka iji ?gw? na ?gba afa, ?g? na alchemy

D? ka ?g? kpakpando nd? China si kwuo, a p?r? ikpebi ?d?nihu mmad? ^[1] site na ?n?d? nke mbara ala nd? b? isi n'oge ?m?m? mmad? yana ?n?d? nke anyanw?, ?nwa, comets, oge ?m?m? onye ah?, na akara zodiac . Ewubere usoro nke okirikiri af? iri na ab?? nke akara an?man? site na nleba anya nke orbit nke Jupita (The Year Star; simplified Chinese ). N'?gbaso orbit nke Jupita gburugburu anyanw?, nd? na-enyocha mbara igwe nke China kewara gburugburu eluigwe ah? n'ime ak?k? iri na ab??, ma gbaa ya gburugburu ruo af? 12 (site na 11.86). Jupiter jik?tara ya na igwe kpakpando Sheti (?提;攝提- Bootes ) na mgbe ?f?d? a na-akp? Sheti.

1. ↑ Levitt (2013). Fate A Chinese Zodiac , 1st (in English), London: Center Press, John L. Norris Art Center, Lyndon Institute, 1?130.